Corsair HX650 Professional Modular Power Supply Unboxing Linus Tech Tips

[Tsinepanos]

I can run 2x560τι on that power supply ?

[twomadcrafters]

is it enough to run two 6870 (i know about computers but when it comes to power supplies i still need a little help) and yea i know it has 4x 6=2 pin connectors but its only a 650w power supply :)

[Willasap43]

@twomadcrafters Actually you will be able to run that setup assuming your not doing anything to extreme, it is always better to go to much then to go too little tho, an average setup with 2x 6870's pulls about 453w.

[K7gamer]

i have this psu and i was wondering if i could sli gtx 460

[123thepyro123]

@K7gamer NO. Not at all. You need atleast 850w for that.

[CknSalad]

good psu if you want a mostly modular psu, but at a respectable price. easily can handle any single gpu setup including OC ing.

[simonshusse]

Could you tell us a little more what the differences is compared to the 620HX? U mentioned the warranty but I've heard that this newer model delivers a lot more amps on the 12V-rail. Is it a big difference as far as you know?

[CknSalad]

@simonshusse the big difference is that its on a single 12v rail. I believe the older 620hx was on three rails. If you want a nice quiet psu with the highest efficiency for a 650 watt, you should consider getting the seasonic x650.

[simonshusse]

@CknSalad Ok, thx for your reply. As it was I had both the HX650 and the HX620 and I had to make a decision regarding which psu to use in my gaming rig and which to use in my HTPC. I used the newer model in my gaming rig.

[snakeeyes5641]

Is enough for a core i5 2400 and a gtx 570

[misthafly]

@snakeeyes5641 YES

[pioneerz450]

@snakeeyes5641

Plenty !

[GameTrailersHD4U]

@snakeeyes5641 No u need 300000000w

[dkreventon]

I got 650tx and my haf922 handles it just like a 650hx

[ZiiiP2142]

My HX650 doesnt have any sticker on it.

[Lui13331]

i liked the reviw but goddam dude seems like a tweaker

[fraddi]

People have a fetish for unboxing...anything...so many utube vids on this stuff. oh well.

[DigitalHailStorm]

@fraddi Because people also like buying things, and people also like knowing what they are getting, and how good it is.

[fraddi]

@DigitalHailStorm No, they just like unboxing stuff that came through the mail order or from store, because they feel deep inside their brains that this stuff is a gift from god.

[tanaii1]

i use this with one 6950 and a 1090t at 4 ghz ill be getting a replacement when i go for 2 7series cards ;p

[STBT]

Im thinking about getting the 750 watt version of this, will be running 2 GTX 560 TI in SLI and im probably gonna install 4-6 fans. Will the 750 w version run my system?

[AvengerNoonZz]

@STBT the HX650 could run that easy, so yes it will be fine on a 750w (HX750).

[JustD3fy]

@AvengerNoonZz really? what if the 560 ti's and cpu were overclocked?

[AvengerNoonZz]

@JustD3fy for the hx650 you wouldn't want to overclock but there's still plenty of headroom and little overclocking room, the system will probably run at 580w at full load at stock on a high end system (you won't use full load unless you're using furmark). if you want to overclock, go with a 750 or 850.

[AvengerNoonZz]

@JustD3fy just so you know, I'll be running 6950s in crossfire soon with this PSU, my specs are in my video description if you would like to see but it gives you a rough idea of running what PSU would be needed for 560ti's in SLI. I won't be overclocking though, I'd rather just get a single card and OC that instead of OCing two cards in crossfire/sli.

[Megaman3862]

first reaction woooo

[TheMRamstaff]

can it take 2 560 hawk?

[th4970]

@TheMRamstaff

It could, but it's on the edge. In your case I would consider getting a 750W PSU.

[Hekynn]

Question can this psu handle a Quad Core with 8gb of ram and 2 MSI Hawk gtx 460 1gb model in sli? Getting a new psu and case next month.

[th4970]

@Hekynn

Yes it can.

[Hekynn]

@th4970 Cool thanks man cause I'm also getting a Storm Enforcer case next month since my little brother needs my cosmos 1000 for his 2 gtx 260s since he finally got his 2nd one from a friend of his. :)

[scrubbycritter]

Gay ass un-boxing videos. Whoever started this whole unboxing videos bullshit need to be shot :) What is the point of an unboxing video? I feel like kids like this just make these videos so that they can pretend they are famous

[genrai]

@scrubbycritter - I dont know if you are stupid or just plain retard. unboxing vids are very useful when you want to know what stuff are you getting before buying it coz when you go to the store, most of the time the seller will not be able to show the whole package specially when there are a lot of buyers in the place. unboxing can also show you what those accessories are for. so stop whining, you should be the one who needs to shut up!

[scrubbycritter]

@genrai hey dude why don't you suck my dick!?!?! You fag, you know you want to. Like I said, unboxing videos are for fucking retard fags, who cant figure out whats in the box before they buy? So they have to watch some nerd kid unpack it on youtube? Don't insult me motherfucker, cuz that is what you will get right back.

[genrai]

@scrubbycritter - LOL! how can I, you dont have a dick. You are just a useless virgin retard, ha ha ha! like your head that has no brains, if these unboxing vids are for fucking retard fags, then why are you watching it and wasting time commenting on it, unless you dont have a life, like you dont have a dick! LOL! your more stupid that I thought, coz all of those came from your own words. moron!

[rkkochie]

will it support dual crossfire 6950's?

[spyd3ruu]

@rkkochie they say a 2 gig 6950 will peak at a power consumption of @ 250 W

so two cards in Xfire should never get past 500 W consumption.

An intel 2600k will peak at 160-170 in full load , 150 for the 2500k..

so you get like 50 watt short of the desired delivered power ..

and actually it isn't that bad.. because you won't be able to keep all those ultra fast cards/CPU in max load..

So my oppinion is : YES , it does work with dual 6950's :)

[HarleyG01]

how many hard drives/dvd drives can i power with this psu

[crankyman97]

Anyone know if this will run a ati 6970 with amd 955 x4 3.2ghz, 6gb of corsair DDR3 a few fans and an optical drive?

[iTechnifyVideos]

you see the camera man!! 0:05

[steamburn123]

is the fan suppose to be facing upwards in the case or in the bottom?? for the psu fan...?

[LemonPieLoL]

nice supply, nice review as usual linus.

[kitsune0video]

this could work with an i7 950, 12gb of ram, nvidia gtx570 and 2tb hdd?

[saske1305]

@kitsune0video sure

[kitsune0video]

@saske1305 thanks ^_~´-

[Kara899]

will this work with the gtx 460?

[ndogg360]

@Kara899

easily. You could power 2 460's with this PSU if you wanted to easy.

[joelikesJDAMS]

crazy world we live in...computer power supplies have a longer warranty than a car

[alex14469]

Question, I have this PSU running an i7 860 4GB DDR3 1600, one HDD 7200rpm and a GTX 460 and the PSU runs pretty warm, is this normal? the fan is spinning very very slowly. Is there a problem with my unit? thnx

[aStrayforMyTime]

very nice I'm getting it

[PaRan0iiid]

I have to agree this PSU is excellent as any from Corsair

I have one on my pc:

Asus Striker II Extreme

Intel Core 2 Quad QX9650 3,0GHz@3,75GHz (1,4V)

4x2GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1800Mhz@1333Mhz 7-7-7-20

MSI GTX 460 Hawk Talon Attack 925/4500

i was using Fortron Epsilon 700W before and it was not able

to supply my GPU after high overclock so my pc was rebooting

after some voltage addings because it has only 18A on 12V

so i bought this corsair and Im absolutely satisfied ;)

[sean12ab34cd]

thanks for the review.

i believe velcro was invented in switzerland though :)

[124Z312]

would this be enough power for 2 460s and a i7?

[9kuuby9]

is this thing loud ?

[jakestweeker]

how good are Corsair PSU

[jfkid22]

@jakestweeker top notch, I have my Corsair TX650 running my rig for 2 years now. No problem whatsoever. =)

[goliador16]

would a 650 watts corsair power supply be enough to power: amp phenom ii x2 stock heat sink fan for now later to a better one hard drive sata dvd drive 2gb or ddr3 ram x5 120 mm fans(need air flow inside cus of cathold lights) one pci fan 4 cold cathold lights (2 12' inch and 2 4 inch) wifi card in the near future video card Radeon HD 4350 will be using the usb ports often like charging my ipod would that be good or should it be higher? thanx for the help and good videos keep it up

[sbsp83]

Have HX 850. Very affordable, GREAT reviews, Corsair reliability and awesome warranty. Highly recommended.

[unintelligentgenius]

but could I run into any problems? I was planning down the road to beef up my computer so I wanted the extra power, but could that be a bad thing? Inside a computer, I'm a little bit limited on knowledge- But I heard (though I believe this was on a dated forum) that there could be problems with an over powered PSU- is any of that true? I don't wanna be the guy who wasted $100+ on something I might of over looked some technical details. Shit- I'm gonna be paranoid now.

[unintelligentgenius]

Ah, I just purchased this particular model and... this is kind of embarrassing... this is my first PSU purchase. I went with this model on a number of factors, the price was the cheapest (weird I know, could only find this model at Amazon, free shipping, 17 or so % off), this so far seems to be the no. 1 name brand PSU- or at least a really high quality brand for it's price- whatever. etc. But, my computer itself isn't that demanding- only a 9800 GTX+ an Athon 215 x2. Nothing really special

[cookiepwnsU]

would 650W be enough to run a gtx460, i3 ,8gb of ram and ofc some hdd's? or should i get 750/850W?

[thesmallterror]

@cookiepwnsU you should be good with this psu

[PCTechTalks]

thumbs up for velcro!!

[Tehscottinator]

This PSU would be perfect for running 2 gtx 460s in SLI or 2 radeon 6870.

[falconianuk]

not enough sata power cables, I have 4 sata drives and two external, want to enclose all six, this PSU only has 2, even the cheap PSU give at least four, why so few on this model?

[Prettyboy411]

is this fine to run 1x gtx 480 /w overclocked i5750@4ghz, and gtx 480 overclocked abit too? with a little headroom?

[124Z312]

could i run 2 5770 on this?

[kadmany]

was that video shit in a high school 0.~?

[EddieLolz3r]

is the 4+4 cpu power connecter long?

[ThexXxInfinityxXx]

Hey guys im just Wondering will this power supply Run a coolermaster Haf 932 Case with all of the Fans going? also it will have a GTS 250 or Nvidia 9800 and a dual core AMD phenom

[asus3571]

i just fried a pc with this psu no ocp

[addzkebabs]

@asus3571 how could this psu have no overcurrent protection?

[asus3571]

@addzi dont know bro i have a subscription a computer power user mag they had a3 mag series on power supply myths and they stated single rail psus dont have ocp on the 12v rails and they only provide it on the +3v and +5v rails just so they claim they have ocp so in effect they do have ocp but only on the rails that are irelevent to us as most of our important shit gpu hsrddrive cpu most of our main components run on the 12v rail i can say this ive blwn 2 x58 boards with the hx650

[eddles777]

hey linus, thanks for reviewing this product. it really helped me choose a psu for my upcoming pc build ^^

[kipdokken]

can i use this to power two gtx 260 in sli?

[hasnain23]

@kipdokken yeah i have 2 260's with this psu.

[RealmEternal]

Is this 80+ certified?

[MrRestricted868]

I just bought this powersupply and I can't see the corsair genuine sliver sticker, does this mean that mine is fake.

[maphantom]

Will corsair 850hx work with Asus Rampage III Extreeme? Those 2 8 pins on top confuse me dose corsair have them? Are they same as GPU 8-pins?

[kassimma]

@maphantom Check out the cables that Corsair includes with that particular model (should be easy to find on their website). And, after my understanding, no PCI Express cables and the 8/4-pins for the motherboard are not the same, and should not be mixed.

[fordfreak521]

velcro :)



[BossBrownsugar]

will this power a gtx 480?

[mitchthegolfer]

cameraman has glasses!!!!!

[iamjacobnz]

I have one of these. I only have 3 problem with the PSU. 1.) The capacitors inside are not seated properly and look really dodgey (think it was repaired and shipped as new or something) and 2.) Screws don't fit in very well 3.) I am missing that shiny silver sticker.

[AndreaFranchitti]

got it! it's awesome

[CptCoolXD]

nice unboxing :)

[smartbotX]

i have a question for you Linus, do you know how big approximately is the box. Like i mean a approximate measurement will do. Because i live in New Zealand and the computer company provided me a discount but they said the psu must be pre-installed in the case then i was thinking that they could put the box inside the Lancool k62b. The main reason they are doing this is to cut down shipping cost.

[mountainmufflers16]

I have a CQ3020AN Compaq presario desktop pc, can anyone tell me what powersupply atleast 450watts or even more, would fit my computer, im trying to run a HD5770, which fits, but i need a new power supply, but i dunno which one to get, help would be great thnks :)

[asus3571]

just installed one today one thing i didnt like is the eps12v connector is 2x4pin who in the hell would needs a 4pin mobo connector these days that would need such a powerfull psu

[05sdj]

Thanks, I wish the supplier would show more information about the PSU, such as connections. You showed me what I needed to know :)

[surferstapleton]

i have a CX 400, its just brilliant. Super silent.

[vladbebekh]

Own MY GOD! I have THe same Old shitty Psu that u sowed at 3:50 LOL! THATS A PIECE OF JUNK SHIT! Iam going to order the same one as in the vid looks cool! Hey How many is 78 Watts in The A thing>? Cause iam freaking always Get mixed up lol.

[okingu]

well i had just bought this PSU, its a great modular PSU so far in my rig, about the fan i dont know if its quit or not, cos in my rig i just hear my bloody noisy VGA, im using this with my q6600 @3.0Ghz, very recommend PSU

[manutube8080]

with no o.c.

[dingumfCallofDuty]

650 is enough especially since it got 85+ efficiency

[TylertheGeek28]

very high end psu, im gonna get the 750w or 850w version, cant wait !

[guillersevilla]

I have electric buzzing with this PSU :( all the time.

[SeanBondWBB]

RMA it

[craiovitaaa]

i buy one of this today. Is very very heavy and silent. i am very very happy. Is ansome.

[Hekynn]

very nice getting this one with my core i7 build :)

[dropcitizen]

Almost perfect power supply.

Would've loved if it came with a red color like the 620hx, so it would match maximus iii formula + g. skill trident/dominator GT RAM. lol

[druu94]

sry is this good for an ati 5770????? plz reply fast

[dropcitizen]

Even 500w is enough for a 5770 crossfire.

This is more than enough.

[Feder147]

@druu94 yeap

[druu94]

is this good for an ati 5770

[AMDGuy64]

This video was great! but I have a question plz respond! I'm getting a HAF 932, gonna be running ten 120mm fans & one 140mm plus an overclocked CPU & soon after HD5850. I believe this is a tier 2 PSU would this be enough? oh the fans are all white LED fans?

[ThuGfunk]

Yeah, fans don't use much power at all, and this can handle x2 5850's if you really wanted to (ATi recommends 600W with 40 Amps on the 12v rail(s). If you do that though, it'd be safe to go with the 750w, the one just higher up from this.

Ether way, for your needs, plenty of power. Make sure to have a good heatsink if you're running air-cooling on your CPU.

[dropcitizen]

It will depend on how many fan connectors you got on your motherboard (high end ones have up to 8, but most only have 4). I didn't hear in the review above how many 3/4 pin fan connectors this had, but you can always just pick a molex to 3/4 pin converter from computer stores for 1 buck or 2.

[mentanx]

OCZ Fatal1ty 550w Power supply unboxing please, AND DON'T TELL ME TO WATCH OTHER PEOPLES VIDEOS @ UNBOXING, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE BEST UNBOXER OF ALL TIME.!

Ok.

If you don't do the vid I'll Kill you. lol joking, great unboxing videos.

[dale456654]

i always get cheapo power supplies haha :D

[ricardop56]

modular pcu is a great invention

[FLORENAS]

AM pretty happy with my thermaltake 500W PSU ^^ an no, am not showing off XD

[marland66]

Another awesome PSU from Corsair! 5/5

[N1ght3d]

Nice job Linus. I'm going to order this for my backup/server machine.

[soulcrackerz]

corsair psu's for life. only psu i trust

[LeJimster]

I've made 3 builds all with the older brother "HX 620w". No problems in the last 2-3 years.

I wanted some extra PCIe cables for my xFire system and emailed them the other year and they sent me 2x (dual 6-pin) pcie cables free of charge. Top notch customer service. And now they're offering 7 year warranty you say? Brilliant.

[LinusTechTips]

Yep. I emailed for some 6+2 cables for my early revision HX1000 (cames with 2x6pin and 2x8pin, and they sent me a bunch with no questions asked :)

[Ryd3r22]

@LinusTechTips will this support x4 phenom 955 overclocked 3.8gh, sappire 6850 4gb g skill 1tb hd

[FELIX0123]

@Ryd3r22 this psu will support those specs, since a 6850 only uses 1 6pin, unless u buy a asus 6850 which needs 2 6 pins. you can also run crossfirex with this psu for ur type of vid card.

[SysAdmin86851]

I got a 700W Great Power modular power supply, I like the modular psu's they're sweet.

Although I don't have a 7year warranty w/ it ... lol

[peter0250]

Perfect psu for a normal i5 build

[Intelpentium54321]

i have to get me one of these

[Yamcha67]

I really like the cables on this psu

[ethr95awd]

how many "warranty is void if removed" sticker's wider is the hx1000? :)

[AndyBlooman]

A testament to unboxing videos - showing absolutely no preparation :)

Thae annotations were great touch :P

[LinusTechTips]

what is this "prep" you speak of?

That's where you read the outside of the product box, glance at the manufacturer web site, then say "screw it" and start filming, right?

[AndyBlooman]

With a corsair product, i wouldn't have even bothered with looking at the site. It's like they deliberately dont provide information so it's more "strange" when you unbox it :)

[geoff8]

I love how your 0 prep unboxings are often more informative and of better quality than other youtube based reviews that have actually used the product. (minus your street fighter unboxing :P)

[MoogledCoupe]

Nice video ive heard alot of good things about this psu.